Monroe County man dies in crash with tractor-trailer

A Monroe County man died tonight when the Jeep he was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer on Business Route 209 in Hamilton Township, according to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen.

The identity of the deceased was not released by the coroner because relatives had not been notified.

An autopsy will be performed Friday.

According to Allen, the man driving the 2010 Jeep Wrangler was heading north on Business 209 when he crashed into the tractor-trailer which was pulling onto Business Route 209 from an exit ramp from Route 209.

The Jeep's soft-top roof was torn off. The Jeep went under the truck and stopped on the other side of it. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m., and Allen pronounded the man dead at 6:21 p.m.

The truck driver was not seriously hurt.State police at Swiftwater did accident reconstruction at the scene Thursday night.